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Is DOMA Dead?
Here's where things get interesting and technical. In the paired Massachusetts cases--Gill v. OPM, brought by GLAD, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Department of Health and Human Services, brought by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley's office--the US government had already argued in favor of DOMA. But the Justice Department says that it did so because the First Circuit had previou...

The Nation • Feb 27, 2011
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